For both iOS and Android, most Kik artifacts relevant to forensic investigations are stored within SQLite databases, similarly to other mobile chat applications.

For iOS, Kik artifacts can be found at:

/root/var/mobile/Applications/com.kik.chat/Documents/kik.sqlite

For Android, Kik artifacts can be found at:

/data/data/kik.android/databases/kikdatabase.db

These databases store details on the Kik user’s contacts, messages and attachments sent and received through the Kik Messenger application; however, they are structured very differently.